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Antimicrobial prophylaxis for surgery: An advisory statement from the national surgical infection prevention project

John Bartlett
- 01 Jan 2004 - 
- Vol. 12, Iss: 6, pp 384-385
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This article is published in Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice.The article was published on 2004-01-01. It has received 312 citations till now.

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Summary of the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America Guidelines for Developing an Institutional Program to Enhance Antimicrobial Stewardship

TL;DR: This research presents a meta-analysis of 125 cases of central giant cell apoptosis, a type of cell death that is known as a “cell death” and which has been associated with Parkinson’s disease for over a century.
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General Principles of Antimicrobial Therapy

TL;DR: By following the general principles of antimicrobial stewardship, all practicing physicians should be able to use antimicrobial agents in a responsible manner that benefits both the individual patient and the community.
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Summary of the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America Guidelines for Developing an Institutional Program to Enhance Antimicrobial Stewardship

TL;DR: This research presents a meta-analysis of 125 cases of central giant cell apoptosis, a type of cell death that is known as a “cell death” and which has been associated with Parkinson’s disease for over a century.
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General Principles of Antimicrobial Therapy

TL;DR: By following the general principles of antimicrobial stewardship, all practicing physicians should be able to use antimicrobial agents in a responsible manner that benefits both the individual patient and the community.
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Adherence to surgical care improvement project measures and the association with postoperative infections.

TL;DR: Among hospitals in the Premier Inc Perspective Database reporting SCIP performance, adherence measured through a global all-or-none composite infection-prevention score was associated with a lower probability of developing a postoperative infection, however, adherence reported on individual SCIP measures, which is the only form in which performance is publicly reported, was notassociated with a significantly lower probabilities of infection.